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Looking for an Acoustic that’s fits you This is where people go wrong when learning the acoustic guitar. They start listening to others on what acoustic to buy.  Its your decision in the end but choosing the wrong acoustic guitar in the beginning will cause you to give up on learning. Spending less money on an acoustic doesn’t mean you’re getting the best acoustic to learn on. Saving your money…

  CD song list

Disc one

“Celebration Day” (John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant) – 3:42

“Custard Pie” (Page, Plant) – 5:18

“Sick Again” (Page, Plant) – 4:34

“What Is and What Should Never Be” (Page, Plant) – 5:26

“Woke up This Morning” (B.B. King, Jules Taub) – 4:14

“Shapes of Things to Come” (Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith) – 3:09

“Sloppy Drunk” (Jimmy Rogers) – 6:05

“Ten Years Gone” (Page, Plant) – 6:30

“In My Time of Dying” (Traditional; arr./adap. John Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 9:34

“Your Time Is Gonna Come” (Jones, Page) – 6:02

Disc two

“The Lemon Song” (Bonham, Howlin’ Wolf, Jones, Page, Plant) – 8:59

“Nobody’s Fault But Mine” (Page, Plant) – 6:41

“Heartbreaker” (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 5:50

“Hey, Hey, What Can I Do” (Bonham, Jones, Page, Plant) – 3:30

“Mellow Down Easy” (Willie Dixon) – 5:20

“Oh Well” (Peter Green) – 4:10

“Shake Your Money Maker” (Elmore James) – 4:25

“You Shook Me” (Dixon, J. B. Lenoir) – 8:25

“Out on the Tiles” (Bonham, Page, Plant) – 3:39

“Whole Lotta Love” (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) – 5:34

This double CD is full of Led Zeppelin songs that need to be added to your playlist. Most people have not even heard of this album or never even knew of this concert. Chris Robinson singing Led Zeppelins greatest hits is something you dont want to miss.

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This is one of the easiest chords to learn and play. It was my first chord that I learned on the acoustic guitar. Most people can play the E or E Minor chord right off the bat.         The E chords are in so many songs you hear everyday on the radio. Its an easy transition chord as well.  Want more chords laid out like this? Click here for my free Ebook with every basic chord you will need as a…

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So this was prototyped a few years back around 2013. Converse has taken target audience to a new level.  It doesn’t matter if your playing with an acoustic electric or an electric. They have taken the famous converse shoe of all time ,the Chuck Taylor and put a Wha pedal in the sole of the shoe.  This iconic shoe is worn by so many famous singer songwriters in the business not to mention all of…

At first I was worried about to wax built up from the polish but after reading further I found out that lemon oil is great for the guitars wood.  I started using Pledge a few years ago along with some lemon oil. I use the Pledge for the polished parts of the acoustic guitar and the lemon oil on the unfinished parts.  (Bare wood) Dunlap is what I use the most.  It gives to wood or what ever type…

It’s called a Nut people 

The nut is the slender ,rectangular white piece on the top of the neck that the strings rest in before they head down the neck to there designated spots.  The left side of the Nut you will see the low E string and the A and D. On the right side you will see the G,B and high E.  If your strings are wound wrong ,the strings will not sit in the Nut properly and will cause a chain of problems.  Want…

Remember this…

April 10th 1996 Alice in Chains return after a 24 month break by holding a concert on Mtv’s Unplugged. Mtv’s Unplugged  had featured many other bands like Stone Temple Pilots,Nirvana.  Hootie and the Blowfish as well as Oasis played that same year.   If your a beginner acoustic player this is a great album for learning new chords like Em7 along with some not so hard lead parts. The song is tuned…

Do you love the acoustic guitar? Always looking at them online or in a magazine. You love the way they sound ,smell ,feel and play.  If this is you  go to Thebeanproject.com and sign up for something that’s getting bigger and bigger with each passing day.   Any questions you have please leave in the comments below.  Would love to here what you have the hardest time with as an acoustic guitar…

” I suck today” meaning you can’t seem to hold those chords right and they won’t ring clear. This is something everyone goes through,even veterans.  You will have days where your fingers don’t want to work right, or your hand cramps. It helps to practice as much as possible and then those days get to be few and far between.  Never give up ,its just a wooden box with strings….Chris Smith ,Fl  Your…

Remember This…

  “I don’t mind stealing bread” The verse most of us know from the song Hunger Strike by the combined bands of Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.    The time was April 16,1991  Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder we’re taking their bands to new highs ,and making this album was a bonus for all the Soundgarden and Pearl Jam fans. They were no strangers to one another both being vocalists in the band Mother Love…

Works great with the E chord and is a great starter chord to get you going.  

Here is a Quick video on How to play the A chord

Here are three different A chords to start practicing. Be sure to click on the pics and print or save it for future help.  

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Keeping your hands in the right position will not only help your chord changing skills, but will make your chords wring more clear.  Your Fingertips are the wheels that keep this car moving.  If you are a beginner and you are dealing with sore fingertips start practicing like this.  Practice every other day ,that way it’s not so hard to pick up where you left off.  Learning these chords require…

Wrapping the strings around too many times can be the reason your acoustic guitar is always needing to be tuned. When this happens the strings get overlapped and the tighter the string gets while overlapping means it doesn’t let the string seat itself to lay firmly against the tuner peg. Like this picture  There are so many ways you can string your guitar that people will say is the best way ,and…

As an entrepreneur and a acoustic guitar lover ,I am always looking to help someone with learning the guitar. I get what people are struggling  with the most ,then make a tool to help make it easier.   Download my Ebook with all your basic chords.  You can print it or just have on your phone or computer to use anytime you choose.  This is my hand out to you my audience asking what is it that you…

Forget all of the negative thoughts when you think of a tuner, so many out there that aren’t worth a damn.  You have this big huge bulky device attached to the head of your guitar or perhaps you have a capo with a built-in tuner on it. And let’s not forget the bulky kind like I carry that I put in my guitar case. It’s like setting a VCR on the table when you’re ready to turn your guitar. …

Starting out learning the acoustic guitar is not all easy. If your patience run thin you may want to try something like yoga.  As a beginner you are deciphering through thousands and thousands of blog posts and books and videos on how to play correctly and it’s overwhelming.  How do you choose the right learning tool to teach you the ropes? So the acoustic crawl begins.  The slow process of…